{"id":173963,"date":"2020-07-21T10:10:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T14:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=173963"},"modified":"2020-07-21T08:03:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T12:03:39","slug":"56-of-investors-say-sustainable-investments-esg-are-a-new-safe-haven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2020\/07\/56-of-investors-say-sustainable-investments-esg-are-a-new-safe-haven\/","title":{"rendered":"56% of investors say sustainable investments (ESG) are a new safe-haven"},"content":{"rendered":"
July 21, 2020<\/div>
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By George Prior <\/strong><\/p>\n

– Sustainable and responsible investments (ESG) are now regarded as \u2018safe havens\u2019 by the majority of investors, reveals one of the world\u2019s largest independent financial advisory and fintech organizations.<\/p>\n

deVere Group, which operates in more than 100 countries globally, reports that 56% of clients who seek to include environmental, social and governance-orientated investments into their portfolios do so citing that such sustainable funds offer financial protection in times of uncertainty.<\/p>\n

A safe-haven asset is a financial instrument that is expected to retain, or even gain value during periods of economic downturn.<\/p>\n

Nigel Green, deVere Group\u2019s CEO and founder, says: \u201cThere\u2019s been a massive surge from clients this year looking for ESG investments.<\/p>\n

\u201cIndeed, more than a quarter of all clients are currently considering or are already actively engaged in responsible, impactful and sustainable investing.<\/p>

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\u201cIt\u2019s a phenomenon that\u2019s particularly prevalent with millennials, with eight out of 10 putting ESG credentials at the heart of their investment decision-making process.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continues: \u201cHowever, what is perhaps particularly interesting are the reasons why investors are seeking ESG in the first place.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course, the global public health crisis has acted as a wake-up call in many respects. It has prompted a growing collective awareness of mutual responsibility that fits perfectly into the narrative of ESG investing.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut what\u2019s most surprising is that the majority [56%] also now say that they perceive ESG investments as the new safe-haven asset class.\u00a0 As such, they are increasing their exposure to such funds in a way that traditionally they would have done with, say, gold or U.S. government bonds.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Green goes on to say: \u201cThey would be correct in citing this view. All the latest research underscores that the majority of environmental, social and governance investments have outperformed their non-sustainable counterparts this year and have had lower volatility.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis cannot be ignored by retail \u2013 and increasingly institutional \u2013 investors who are looking for resilience in these highly unusual times of this new era.\u201d<\/p>\n

Previously, the deVere CEO has commented that the trend for ESG is only likely to intensify as millennials, who are statistically more likely to seek responsible investment options, become the major beneficiaries of the largest intergenerational transfer of wealth \u2013 an estimated $30tn in the next few years \u2013 meaning we can expect both retail and institutional investors to continue to pile into ESG.<\/p>\n

Nigel Green concludes: \u201cThe data shows that the view held by traditionalists who claim ESG investments are \u2018nice to have\u2019 but not \u2018a need to have,\u2019 falls apart under scrutiny in the virus-driven global economic downturn.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd whilst this short time frame is not determinative, those investors citing ESG\u2019s safe-haven credentials are, for now at least, being proven right.\u201d<\/p>\n

About:<\/strong><\/p>\n

deVere Group is one of the world\u2019s largest independent advisors of specialist global financial solutions to international, local mass affluent, and high-net-worth clients.\u00a0 It has a network of more than 70 offices across the world, over 80,000 clients and $12bn under advisement.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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